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Mud Mʌd Noun Sticky Earth Stuck Covered Wet

Mud is defined as a sticky mixture of earth and water. It is used to describe conditions where one might get stuck, like in the mud. The pronunciation is /mʌd/.

Mud is a sticky mixture of earth and water. It can refer to mud, mire, or sludge, and is often associated with getting stuck. The word is pronounced /mʌd/.

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/mʌ̱d/
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]泥;烂泥;泥浆 Mud is a sticky mixture of earth and water.
  • His uniform was crumpled, untidy, splashed with mud...

    他的制服皱巴巴的,邋遢不堪,还溅上了泥点。

  • Their lorry got stuck in the mud.

    他们的货车陷到泥里了。


Oxford mud / mʌd ; NAmE mʌd / noun [uncountable ] wet earth that is soft and sticky 泥;淤泥;泥浆 The car wheels got stuck in the mud. 汽车轮子陷到泥里去了。 Your boots are covered in mud. 你的靴子上都是泥。 mud bricks/huts (= made of dried mud) 泥砖;土坯屋 synonyms at
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IDIOMS fling, sling, etc. ˈmud (at sb) to criticize sb or accuse sb of bad or shocking things in order to damage their reputation, especially in politics (尤指政治上)故意抹黑,向…泼污水,污蔑 see also
mud-slinging
ˌmud ˈsticks ( saying) people remember and believe the bad things they hear about other people, even if they are later shown to be false 恶事如泥巴,沾身洗不清;烂泥沾身洗不清
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mud / mʌd ; NAmE mʌd /
MUD / mʌd ; NAmE mʌd / noun ( computing ) the abbreviation for multi-user dungeon/dimension (a computer game played over the Internet by several players at the same time) “泥巴”游戏,多用户网络游戏(全写为 multi-user dungeon/dimension) MUD / mʌd ; NAmE mʌd /
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mudmud /mʌd/ ●●○ S3 noun [uncountable]
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1wet earth that has become soft and sticky:  By the end of the game, all the kids were covered in mud. The path beside the river was slippery with mud. Many villages in Mali consist of mud huts. boots caked with mud (=covered in mud) It was impossible to move the car – its wheels had got stuck in the mud. see thesaurus at
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2here’s mud in your eye spoken old-fashioned used for expressing good wishes when having an alcoholic drink with someone SYN cheers British English as clear as mud
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, → drag somebody’s name through the mud
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, → somebody’s name is mud
at name1(15)
WDF

mud

[mʌd]mudded, mudding, muds

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Spoken:

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泥(80%),泥浆(16%),弄脏(2%),抹泥(1%),诽谤(1%)
vt.弄脏;用泥涂
vi.钻入泥中
n.泥;诽谤的话;无价值的东西

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